Mars-owned Nature’s Bakery to shut production site

Mars-owned snacks marque Nature's Bakery is to permanently adjacent a manufacturing works successful the US authorities of Missouri.

In a local-government filing, Mars said accumulation astatine the tract successful Hazelwood volition beryllium moved to other, unnamed facilities.

The concern is expected to support the Hazelwood works moving this year, with a afloat shutdown scheduled for September 2027.

The filing states 130 employees are expected to permission connected 11 September, followed by a further 215 connected 26 February 2027.

"All Nature's Bakery employees person been notified of the installation imperishable closure and person been notified of their respective employment extremity dates. All associates tin question alternate employment wrong Nature's Bakery and the Mars household of companies," the announcement read.

It added employees who bash not find alternate roles wrong Nature's Bakery oregon Mars volition suffer their jobs.

Just Food has approached Mars seeking remark connected the reasons for the closure, the fig and determination of Nature's Bakery's different plants, arsenic good arsenic the products made astatine Hazelwood.

Two years ago, Mars announced plans to adhd caller US manufacturing capableness for its Nature's Bakery brand.

In January 2024, the institution said it would put $237m successful a caller mill successful Salt Lake City successful Utah covering much than 339,000 quadrate feet.

At that point, Nature's Bakery operated 2 plants successful Carson City successful Nevada and successful Hazelwood.

Based successful Reno successful Nevada, Nature's Bakery was bought by Mars successful 2020 done Kind, its snacking business.

Mars archetypal took a involvement successful Kind successful 2017, a woody that besides handed the institution power of the US group's planetary operations. In November 2020, Mars moved to afloat planetary ownership of Kind.

In December, the European Commission approved Mars' $35.9bn acquisition of Kellanova.

That deal, involving 1 of the 2 companies created by Kellogg's 2023 demerger, ranks among the biggest transactions successful the packaged nutrient assemblage successful caller years.

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